Harassed because of his religious activities and two trips to Taiwan, a house church leader was forced to hide from the authorities for years. The leader of a house church in Pandian town, Qihe county of Shandong Province, Jin Xin (pseudonym), has traveled to Taiwan...
The Myanmar government became an international pariah for its persecution of the Muslim Rohingya minority – until it found a good friend, China, which is at work to undermine the unanimity of the condemnation of what many call a genocide, and to sell arms to the...
In Shandong, authorities tried to stop believers from protesting a demolition by digging a ditch in front of the church. On June 20, government officials in Xigang town of Shandong attempted to demolish a state-sanctioned Protestant Three-Self Church. When the village...
“Official” or “government-controlled” religions are often mentioned in China. Five religious bodies are indeed authorized by the regime, although even their liberty is limited. Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter readers often encounter news about “government-controlled”...
A state-sanctioned Protestant church in Zhejiang Province has been harassed on many occasions, once the authorities sent 500 people to demolish its cross. In February 2016, local government officials came to the church and declared that they have an official document...
A husband of a member of The Church of Almighty God was told to divorce his wife if he wanted a Communist Party position in their village. Wang Gairong (pseudonym) from Yuzhou city, Henan Province, is a member of The Church of Almighty God, a Chinese Christian new...
The local authorities lock up people in “education” camps even for speaking the Uyghur language. Bitter Winter recently interviewed Shihezi resident Zhang Hui whose relatives, including his two brothers, were all arrested and places in a “transformation through...
Churches in Jilin’s Yushu city have been targeted increasingly by the Chinese authorities since the implementation of the new Regulations on Religious Affairs. Bitter Winter has received reports about government-approved Protestant Three-Self churches being demolished...
The places of worship established by South Koreans in China have been persecuted since President Xi Jinping came to power; the number of closed down churches and deported missionaries is dramatically increasing. Bitter Winter has recently accessed reports of a case...
Authorities in China’s provinces proactively respond to President Xi Jinping’s order to intensify the crackdown on beliefs and use the same methods as those employed to eliminate gang crime.